Validation buttons are not for the common webpage
Today, almost every webpage has a couple of validation buttons; usually for (X)HTML and CSS. If you’re a common web-monkey (like me), you can’t miss them, usually stuck at the bottom of every page. Luckily, I don’t see the official W3C buttons that often anymore, mostly because people seems to design their own, but also because they’re too big and should have been re-designed a long time ago. I believe that web designers or developers that finds validation interesting knows how to validate a webpage without the validation buttons.
But, the validation buttons are signs of good craftsmanship, you may say. They sure are! However, it’s my opinion that neither validation buttons nor validation links belongs to the common webpage. Why, you may ask. Well, I believe in keeping things simple, which includes user interfaces for the www. Therefore I believe that they might distract the average novice user.
Validation buttons (or links) should be placed under a separate page, usually the “about”-page, where information about the author, copyright information, etc, could be found.
